Two hundred years ago, a 41-year-old woman called Jane Austen died quietly, her head in the lap of her older sister, completely unaware that her writing would become synonymous with the very greatest of English literature.

Today, how much do we know of the individual behind the books? Historian Lucy Worsley joins Richard Lea in the studio to talk about her research into the importance of “home” to Austen and the heroines of her books. Comedian and author Sara Pascoe talks to Richard, at the British Library, about her upcoming stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. And Claire and Sian talk about the best Austen novels.